An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

Boom is convinced it can overcome the barriers that grounded the Concorde and make supersonic travel affordable and greener.

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier An aircraft ... would have to slow down over land to limit damage from forceful ...

Boom Supersonic achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt ... the airliner to cruise just under Mach 1 over land. Boom installed in October the first major ...

Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager was the first human to exceed the sound barrier, back in 1947 ... which is you can't fly supersonic over land no matter how quiet the airplane is.

The Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier, Mach 1 ... limited to ocean crossings or would have to slow down over land to limit damage from forceful sonic booms, which can ...

Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies ... 20% faster than regular airliners over land, at Mach 0.94, without causing a ...

Brandenburg would break the sound barrier twice more during his roughly ... Administration to be able to conduct the test flight over land. “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the ...

Those commercial flights could be limited to ocean crossings or would have to slow down over land to limit damage from forceful sonic booms, which can rattle buildings on land. NASA is looking at ...